VICTORIAN SAPHIRET GLASS HEART HAND FIST PENDANT BOX CHAIN NECKLACE C.1880

Description

RARE LARGE SAPHIRET HEART ON HAND FIST PENDANT
BOX CHAIN NECKLACE C.1880
THE CHAIN IS 17 1/2 INCHES LONG
THE SAPHIRET GLASS HEART HAS BEAUTIFUL PLAY OF COLORS
FROM SKY BLUE TO REDDISH BROWN
DEPENDING ON LIGHT DIRECTION
THE HEART IS 17 MM X 16 MM
IT IS SET IN ARTICULATED SCALLOPED BEZEL
SUSPENDED FROM VERY REALISTIC HAND FIST
THE HAND IS 20 MM LONG
THE WHOLE PENDANT IS 44 MM LONG 18 MM WIDE
IT IS SUSPENDED ON ANTIQUE FANCY BOX CHAIN
17 1/2" INCHES LONG
THE CLOSURE IS AN OLD BOLT CLASP
WITHOUT THE PIN FOR A THUMB
THERE IS NO HALLMARK
THE PENDANT AND CHAIN ARE GOLD FILLED
TOTAL WEIGHT 15 GRAMS
VERY GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION COMMENSURATE WITH AGE
SAPHIRET GLASS WAS INVENTED AND MADE IN GABLONZ,
CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN MID 19TH CENTURY.
IT HAS ITS SIGNATURE COLOR SHIFT FROM BROWNISH PURPLE TO SKY BLUE
DUE TO A SPECIAL FORMULA IN WHICH REAL GOLD WAS FUSED WITH GLASS.
THE PRODUCTION WAS STOPPED SHORTLY AFTER THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY
BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER COST EFFECTIVE AS VALUE OF GOLD INCREASED.
MOST OF THE TIME SAPHIRET STONES WERE SET IN GOLD FILLED OR BRASS PIECES.
SINCE SAPHIRET IS GLASS AND FRAGILE, VERY FEW PIECES SURVIVED TO THESE DAYS.
HAND DESIGN STARTED WELL BEFORE VICTORIAN PERIOD,
ITS POPULARITY WAS HIGHEST DURING THAT TIME
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